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AERIO JOSEPH LUCCHI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1950 – March 11, 1971
Service recordAerio Joseph Lucchi JR, of Nokomis, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Nokomis, Illinois (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 39
- MICHAEL JOHN LUSEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1971
- RONALD ROBERT NORTHROPSpecialist Five · March 11, 1971
- DAVID HUGH SMITHCorporal · March 11, 1971
- RAYMOND JOHN BAKERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LEE CASSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 37
- JAMES DALA DEACONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 37
From Nokomis
- GALE WALTER CROONFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.